So the Jews answered and said to Him, “What sign do You show to us, since You do these things?” Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise…
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For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 1 Corinthians 1:18 Not everyone who hears of the Good News will accept it. Not all will put their faith in Jesus. Paul tells us that here in chapter…
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For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.1 Thessalonians 1:5 Paul would write in Romans 1:16, “I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ,…
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He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.Ecclesiastes 3:11 Solomon was a man God had greatly blessed. He was raised in a godly home and was given wisdom by the Lord…
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For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.Hebrews 4:12 Have you ever had to have some kind of surgery? It’s never fun,…
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I will remember the works of the LORD; Surely I will remember Your wonders of old.Psalm 77:11 All throughout the Psalms, they tell us the importance of remembering God’s works. Asaph, the writer of this song, tended to get depressed about the evil succeeding. In verses 7-through-9, he wonders if the Lord will cast off…
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“There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that defile a man.”Mark 7:15 There is an old saying, “The devil made me do it!” This is often repeated as a joke, but unfortunately, some within the body of…
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I pour out my complaint before Him; I declare before Him my trouble.Psalm 142:4 But wait! Are we not commanded to “Do all things without complaining or disputing?” Are these verses contradictory? No, they are not. Philippians describes how we should carry ourselves before the world so that we are good witnesses. We keep the…
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The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found Philip and said to him, “Follow Me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote – Jesus of…
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You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?Galatians 5:7 As Paul writes to the churches in Galatia, who were being persuaded by false teachers to trust in the law and their works rather than in the grace of God alone, he reminds them of how well they were doing before they began to…
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